Comments on: Oral Tradition: Why All Bilingual Kids Need Cuentos, Leyendas and Refranes http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Xochitl Oseguera http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-175877 Xochitl Oseguera Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:55:21 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-175877 I love this blog post Becky! your husband is a superman~!! l would like to know more refranes and night time stories, I am tired of caperucita o los tres cochinitos! mil gracias

]]> By: Becky http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-175037 Becky Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:39:38 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-175037 I know, right;)????

]]> By: Becky http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-175036 Becky Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:39:01 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-175036 Thank you! It was interesting how I became more aware of the tradition. I was preparing to do a diversity training at a local school, and stumbled upon an article about Latino parents and reading at home. It was talking about how different cultures view reading vs telling stories- a lightbulb went on in my head and I asked Tonio: “With all of your stories- are you telling them to teach the kids lessons?” “Yeah, of course. Why else would I be telling them stories?” Immediately it became clear why he doesn’t reach for a book, but instead just tells a story (frequently catering it to a current issue we are having:).

]]> By: Becky http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-175035 Becky Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:36:20 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-175035 Check out the book Pio Peep? (http://www.amazon.com/%C2%A1P%C3%ADo-Peep-Traditional-Spanish-Nursery/dp/0688160190)- it is filled with nursery rhymes and short sayings. Also here’s a wonderful list to check out from the library: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/1913 that is categorized by age. You are in the same situation as I am (being a non-native speaker, and from a different culture) so we get to learn WITH our kids:).

]]> By: Elizabeth http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-175034 Elizabeth Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:31:40 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-175034 Love the refranes! Although if my esposo ever uses “hombre prevenido…” with me, I may just combust! :)
Gracias for sharing this!

]]> By: Casey http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-174979 Casey Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:44:31 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-174979 Does anyone have a good link/resource for some of these?

As a non-native speaker I grew up with a very different set of rhymes, legends, and such and my husband’s parents being very busy professionals they were not at all focused on passing traditions his way, so while we would like to incorporate some of these into our son’s storytime/bedtime routine we are not really able to do so.

Gracias!

]]> By: julie http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/oral-tradition-why-all-bilingual-kids-need-cuentos-leyendas-and-refranes/#comment-174961 julie Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:18:47 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27419#comment-174961 This is an informative article, and has valuable advice for all parents. What a wonderful tradition!

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